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Knox Plans Final 'Plea for Her Life'

'It's going to be a heartfelt statement': father

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2011 4:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – While Amanda Knox plans a final plea for her life tomorrow, her father says he's not worried that her words may work against her in an Italian courtroom. "I really don't think so," Curt Knox said on Today (see the video in our media gallery). "It's going to be a heartfelt statement she's going to make. I think she just wants to have the judge and jury hear one more time that she had nothing to do with this horrific case and that she is innocent of the charges and hopes for an acquittal."

He admits it will be difficult to hear her statement in Italian, a language he doesn't speak, MSNBC reports. "It's going to be very tough. Amanda is going to be making spontaneous statements and it's going to be very tough to hear her have to really struggle for her life." Knox was allowed to call her grandmother in Seattle for 10 minutes yesterday, and attended prison mass; a chaplain says she was calm and collected. Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are trying to overturn their murder convictions in the 2007 slaying of her roommate Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox attends her appeal hearing at Perugia's Court of Appeal on September 30, 2011 in Perugia, Italy.
Amanda Knox attends her appeal hearing at Perugia's Court of Appeal on September 30, 2011 in Perugia, Italy.   (Getty Images)
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Amanda Knox's father, Curt Knox, says his family is tense as they await her final plea in an Italian courtroom tomorrow.   (MSNBC)

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COMMENTS
Showing 2 of 2 comments
Kookey90
Oct 2, 2011 5:11 PM CDT
I think Amanda is on the right track; "Life is better than death".
NutsInNY
Oct 2, 2011 4:42 PM CDT
Hope Seal Team 6 is ready to roll.

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